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Recognised as Colour

#36148E

  • #36148E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#36148E is a violet with RGB values 54, 20, 142 and HSL 257°, 75%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#36148E#36148E
HEX#36148E
RGBrgb(54, 20, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.0784, 0.5569
RGB percentages21.2%, 7.8%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(256.7, 75.3%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.7, 85.9%, 55.7%)
CMYK62%, 85.9%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,544,206
CSS custom property--colour: #36148E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness58.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.75:1
Contrast with white12.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#C9EB71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003691no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002E8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#003B53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.4Navy · ΔE 9.3Dark blue · ΔE 11.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 18Midnight blue · ΔE 19Slate blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C8E14
Analogous#142F8E, #73148E
Triadic#8E3614, #148E36
Split complementary#8E7314, #2F8E14
Tetradic#8E142F, #6C8E14, #148E73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9F81ED
Lighter +30%#7D54E7
Lighter +20%#5B27E1
Lighter +10%#471ABB
Darker −10%#250E61
Darker −20%#140735
Darker −30%#030108
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#2D00A2
Less saturated −25%#3F287A

Channel breakdown

R54
G20
B142
Red54 (21.2%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue256.72°
Saturation (HSL)75.31%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 36 · G 14 · B 8E

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